Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 11:54:14 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Clarification about EACCES
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On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> Is EACCES generated for
>    * Trying to write to a read-only file
>    * Accessing a file that's in use
>    * Both?

EACCES is generated for almost every problem, because DOS returns the 
corresponding error code for A LOT of file-oriented problems.  In 
addition to the above, here are some more cases:

	* attempt to open a directory
	* attempt to delete a directory that's not empty
	* trying to remove a read-only file

and more.  In short, EACCES is the DOS way to say "You can't do that, but 
I'm too stupid to know why".